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Volume 1 



June 15, 1923 



r Number 7 



CO-OPERATIVE BILL PASSES HOUSE 99 TO 47 



PROGRAM OF STATE 

 PICNIC AT URBANA 

 HEARS COMPLETION 



Speaking. "Barnyard Golf." 

 Music. Sports. Boating— i 

 Plan To Come June 29! 



Last call i'ln- tlic 1. A. A. 

 Farm Hurcaii Slalr I'icnie at 

 Urbana, .liiiic 2IMh! 



The I'limmittces in tliarjic of 

 .the event liave lieeii liani at 

 work tor the last two weeks and 

 have sliupeil a j)r<>).'rani wliieli 

 will insure everybody a <ro(id 

 time and a valiialile outing. It 

 is hoped to have the lar^'est 

 «Towd ever turned oiit at an I. 

 A. A. pienie. 



Kural Pastors 



The program for tlie meetins 

 of tlie rural ministers on the eve- 

 ning of June 28 has also been 

 develoiied. The Ilev. Mr. W. W. 

 Dielil. of .41bion. Miclx., an author- 

 ity on rural church problems, will 

 speak. 



Rural pa.stors from .ill over Illi- 

 nois have sit,'nified their intention 

 of al tending. Many farm bureau 

 folks, too, will be at the confer- 

 ence of the 28th. i 

 The "Oiwn Hon.se" 



Plans for the "Open House" of 

 the College of Airriculture of the 

 I'niversity of Illinois, to be held 

 on Jane 28, 29 and 30 indicate 

 that this event will furnish valu- 

 able instruction and will attract 

 farm folk^ from all over Illinois. 



Urbana will be the Mecca of 

 orpanized Illinois Acriculture of 

 the State oo June 29 — and no 

 mistake! 



Apple' Grading 

 Law Amendment 

 Passed In Senate 



The State Senate has passed 

 the amendment to the apple grad- 

 ing law, introduced by Senator 

 W. S. Jewell. Fulton county, and 

 strongly supported by the Fruit 

 and Vegetable Marketing Depart- 

 ment of the I. A. A. It will now 

 Bo to the House. 



The bill will allow Illinois 

 apple growers to grade under 

 present U. S. Department of Ag- 

 ricultural standards instead of 

 grading under provisions of the 

 Illinois apple grading law passed 

 two years ago. 



The Indiana Farm Bureau Onion 



Growers Association was organized 

 in May at Kendallville, Ind., the 

 first step toward co-operative mar- 

 keting of the nation's onion crop. 



BRING THE FAMILY AND COME! 



I. A. A. FARM BUREAU STATE PICNIC, CRYSTAL 

 LAKE PARK, URBANA, ILL., JUNE 29 



SPHAKING— 



- f. 

 Address by Sydney Anderson. U. S. Congressi^an from Minne- 

 sota. Chairman of Congressional Committee of Agricultural In- 

 quiry. 



Address by Mrs. A. E. Brigden. Rochester. N. Y., Pres'dent 

 New York State Federation of Home Bureaus. 



GAMES ANl>'. SPORTS— ^ 



Horseshoe Pitching Tournament for the F.arm Bureau Cham- 

 pionship of Illinois. • 



BaseHjII Game : Between Two Country Fapm Bureau Teams 

 To Be Arranged. 



ooaiHiy Har.th Co.'.^c&t^ 



SUPERVISED PLAY ■FOR CHILDREN— 



Children's Play Will be Supervised by Instructors of Depart- 

 ment of Physical Education of University of Illinois.^ 



MOTION PICTURES— . - 



Free Showing of the six-reel farm drama. "The Brown Mouse." 



BAND MUSIC— ' 



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A splendid band furnished by the Chambers of Commerce of i 

 Urbana and' Champaign will play during the day. 



ALL CONVENIENCES— 



Plenty of water and shade — in case of sickness or injury a 

 Red Cross tent with a nurse in charge — if the car balks, a trouble , 

 shooter on the grounds — a fried fish dinner served at reasonable 

 prices. 



Peoria Producers Pay 



Ten Per Cent Dividend 



Reports from the various com- 

 panies operating on the mar- 

 kets under tlie auspices yf tlie 

 National Live Stock Producers" 

 As.sociati<ni show that tlie farm- 

 er-owned companies arecontiiui- 

 insr the pnjgressive stride which 

 they have maintained in the 

 past. 



Success of the Peoria company 

 is evidenced by the fact that it 

 declared a 10 per cent patronage 

 dividend to be paid after May 31 

 and it was also voted to return 

 50 per cent of the cash member- 

 ship fees. Peoria Producers stood 

 first in receipts on the market 

 each week in .May e.vcept fhe last, 

 when they stood second. An dV- 

 erage of about 30 cars of stock 

 weekly was handled. 



Two new agencies opened up 

 during May, one at Sioux Falls. 

 S. D., on May 5, and the second 



MEASURE IS SENT r II 

 TO SENATE; IS UP 

 TO GOVERNOR NEXT 



Sydney .liuler-ioti 



at Cleveland on tlie l.'.th. Sioux 

 Falls hi'ld third place on that 

 market during the first week of 

 operation and advanced to first 

 place during its third week, being 

 second the other two. It handled 

 about 17 per cent of the receiiUs 

 each week. 



The Chicagg Producers Com- 

 mission .\ssociAlion has installed 

 a sheep-selling department with 

 Ernie BeU'us in charge. The ag- 

 ency held fiVst or Sfcond rank eacti^ 

 week of the month and handlecl 

 an average of about 280 cars 

 weekly. 



As has been its custom, the 

 Indianapolis agency maintained 

 first place on that terminal eax-h 

 week of the month and handled 

 an average of 27 per cent of the 

 receipts weekly. The growth of 

 the agency has necessitated tie 

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I. A. A. HELPING TO 

 FORM PRODOCERS' 

 'CO-OP' IN INDIANA 



The JLlve Stoick I Marketing' !De- 

 partninnt ofi the I. .\, A., C. .V. 

 Stewar|t, director, has bi-t-n giving 

 some llW)i in the kirganizalion «f 

 a new selling agepcy <jf the N4- 

 tional Live ;Stock rroduccr's .\e- 

 sociation atl Kvanl<villc. I^id. 



Evansvill^ is a itiark>ti in .soiith- 

 w*.-st«-rn Inliana whicbi s*>rures 

 atuiut 20 per cent (if its n-c.ipt* 

 from southrrn Illinois rountits. 

 The remainder of Us r<\C'i\its 

 come about •■((tially from Indiana 

 arvk Kentucky counties. 



White an 1 €all^lin counties are 

 the princi )al -Illinois rounrie... 

 sliipping stick to this market, al- 

 though Edvards jind Waliash are 

 also .patrp'fis. \..] I,. I'iniiell. T-Zs 

 ii'Utive Ci niniiliteemau of the 

 iJallatui Cthnty Farm liurejiu, is 

 r.pr.-s.iitjff ; the [l.; A 

 oil a coiiiM ttee of ftvi 



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 in making 

 rrangeinj)i|ts foij the tiiieuiti- of 

 the "co-ojt. 

 Presentii 

 the I'anni 



plaii^ iniiicai- that 

 r's C(^m^li•i^ion Co;ji- 

 pany. a stpck or|:ani/.ation which 

 ha* been -cperatiiig on that mar- 

 ket, anil which is di.s.solviui: will 

 he taken over Ij|> . the new Pro- 

 ducers company. ! No definite date 

 of openina has be«n announced. 



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* Homestead Films, 'Inc., r«cently 



moved its headquarters from TSKt 



-V. Ashlandi Ave. to 7.^2 S Waliash 



.\ve.. Chicdgo. 'The new loratijin 



of the farm bureau motion picture 



company _i^ a prominent one on 



Chicago's ibotioQ picture row 



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ActiCarri^S No Amendmeh 

 Not Admitted To It By 

 Its IPropon'ents | 



By a To^fl of 99 to 47 the Illi- 

 nois CD-«perative Marketing 

 Bill has passed the Hoi«ste cf 

 Representatives at Springtield, 

 and has keen returned to the 

 Senate fior concurrence in 

 amcndmenitfi.- It is probable -that 

 the measure will go up to Gov- 

 ernor Leaj :Sma!l for his sijTils- 

 ture befo« this issue of, The 

 Kocord is Wiied. ■'H- 



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 ii| .lul.v, ae iOniiiiK i.i'iu.-s'en 

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 iii .ipetiig due 'to in-tallaiioi 

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I.fui8 \ Fiiisi'n. a man 

 wiiW ej,i4-i je-Tii e :ti manage; iiei t c: 

 lUiiry plah s an-l m nierchi i.ili :iisc 

 of dairy iirndMits hu^ hi-n • hi 

 li)oycd as iiyinager and re.Jinl; a> 

 .sjuniHil hSi duiles. -He tnmci i,i 

 the ■•eo-<i|>"' from tiie- N,.i;i Wu 

 Jjtilk jinfllilce t-rea.'ii '(.^mi^Bv.- 

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 formed by milk |>rodueer« who 

 supply nJHk to thai city, is i*r 

 ilalized at ir.n.f.oii .\dvi..ory aij iq 



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